ON PAPER at least, Melbourne @ 5 million, the state government's strategic plan for the urban growth of this city, displays all the grandiosity expected from a title that itself sounds like a major property development. But Melbourne @ 5 million is now little more than a fast-fading, flaking banner..read more

Cricket will thrive long as it keeps finding thinkers such as Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath and improvers such as Jason Krejza. In the past few days, these fellows produced moments that will prove hard to beat all season. Along the way, they confirmed that cricket is a thinking game...read more

NEW laws that would see some Melbourne roads prioritised for tram, bus, bicycle, pedestrian or freight use have alarmed local councils, who see them as an attempt to ram through new heavy truck routes.